Libya: Islamist militias called to face general

Libya's parliament chief ordered Islamist-led militias to deploy in the capital Tripoli on Monday, trying to impose control after forces loyal to a renegade general stormed the legislature's building, in a move that raises the potential for...

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Tripoli/Tunis - Militia fighters blamed for the worst unrest in Tripoli since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi pulled out of the capital on Monday with Libyan army units taking up positions around the city. More than 40 people were killed in street battles between rival militias in Tripoli last week, highlighting Libya's struggle to curb fighters and hardline Islamists who refuse to...

Share PhotoReddit✉ FILE - In this Sunday, July 13, 2014 file image made from video by The Associated Press, smoke rises from the direction of Tripoli airport in Tripoli, Libya. The United States shut down its embassy in Libya on Saturday, July 26, 2014, and evacuated its diplomats to neighboring Tunisia under U.S. military escort amid a significant deterioration in security...

The Libyan authorities must actively protect protesters from attacks by armed militia during ongoing demonstrations this week or risk further bloodshed, Amnesty International said. The Head of the Tripoli Local Council has called on Tripoli's residents to pursue a general strike until all armed groups leave the city. Large demonstrations are planned for today in Tripoli's Al...

The Libyan authorities must actively protect protesters from attacks by armed militia during ongoing demonstrations this week or risk further bloodshed, Amnesty International said today. The Head of the Tripoli Local Council has called on Tripoli's residents to pursue a general strike until all armed groups leave the city. Large demonstrations are planned for this Friday in...

The Libyan authorities must actively protect protesters from attacks by armed militia during ongoing demonstrations this week or risk further bloodshed, Amnesty International said today. The Head of the Tripoli Local Council has called on Tripoli's residents to pursue a general strike until all armed groups leave the city. Large demonstrations are planned for this Friday in...

Tripoli residents have been brandishing and eating pastries on the streets this week as a symbol of their victory in forcing militias from elsewhere in Libya to withdraw from the capital. The city is famous for its baryoosh - a croissant-like brioche - but since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi, its residents have been derided by some in the provinces as cake-eaters. The capital was...

Members of a Libyan militia began to shoot protesters in the streets of Tripoli leaving at least 31 demonstrators dead and another 400 wounded on Friday, according to former police commander and counterterrorism analyst, Thomas McIntyre. "The group of militiamen opened fire on thousands of protesters in Libya's capital city of Tripoli allegedly because they were demanding the...

Libya: 'Dawn of Libya' militia group takes Tripoli suburb

published:25 Sep 2014

Libya: 'Dawn of Libya' militia group takes Tripoli suburb

Libya: 'Dawn of Libya' militia group takes Tripoli suburb

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Video ID: 20140925-022
M/S Burned out car
M/S Checkpoint established by fighters
M/S Spent munitions on the ground
W/S Mosque with damaged roof
W/S Mosque with damaged roof
M/S Technical on the road
M/S Technical turning onto a road
M/S Technical driving past
SOT, Omar Mohamed, \'Dawn of Libya\' Field Commander, (Arabic): \"We liberated and drove out all of the militias from the city of Rishvana over the past two days. Rishvana is now fully under the control of the rebels, there is no firing or resistance in this city. We started building gates all around the city of Rishvana and the citizens are returning to it. They will be safe and secure here.\"
M/S Rocket launcher mounted on the back of a technical
M/S Damaged building
M/S ZPU-2 anti-aircraft gun
W/S Damaged building
M/S Graffiti on a wall
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Fighters affiliated with the \'Dawn of Libya\' group reportedly took control of the Rishvana district of al-Hashan city, to the west of Tripoli Thursday. Dawn of Libya\'s allies, the \'Gharyan Revolutionary Brigade\', reached the Aaziza and Sahwani areas, as well as the bridge of Zahraa. They were able to overcome the \'Tribal Army\' and the \'Rishvana Revolutionaries\', their main opponents in the area.
A commander from Dawn of Libya said his fighters were conducting security checks and that the area was safe. During the operation the fighters were able to acquire ammunition and equipment left behind by the Libyan National Army.
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Libya: 'Dawn of Libya' militia group takes Tripoli suburb

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Video ID: 20140925-022
M/S Burned out car
M/S Checkpoint established by fighters
M/S Spent munitions on the ground
W/S Mosque with damaged roof
W/S Mosque with damaged roof
M/S Technical on the road
M/S Technical turning onto a road
M/S Technical driving past
SOT, Omar Mohamed, \'Dawn of Libya\' Field Commander, (Arabic): \"We liberated and drove out all of the militias from the city of Rishvana over the past two days. Rishvana is now fully under the control of the rebels, there is no firing or resistance in this city. We started building gates all around the city of Rishvana and the citizens are returning to it. They will be safe and secure here.\"
M/S Rocket launcher mounted on the back of a technical
M/S Damaged building
M/S ZPU-2 anti-aircraft gun
W/S Damaged building
M/S Graffiti on a wall
SCRIPT
Fighters affiliated with the \'Dawn of Libya\' group reportedly took control of the Rishvana district of al-Hashan city, to the west of Tripoli Thursday. Dawn of Libya\'s allies, the \'Gharyan Revolutionary Brigade\', reached the Aaziza and Sahwani areas, as well as the bridge of Zahraa. They were able to overcome the \'Tribal Army\' and the \'Rishvana Revolutionaries\', their main opponents in the area.
A commander from Dawn of Libya said his fighters were conducting security checks and that the area was safe. During the operation the fighters were able to acquire ammunition and equipment left behind by the Libyan National Army.
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Libya Militia Clashes Spread Beyond Tripoli Towards Zawiya Oil Port

published:07 Aug 2014

Libya Militia Clashes Spread Beyond Tripoli Towards Zawiya Oil Port

Libya Militia Clashes Spread Beyond Tripoli Towards Zawiya Oil Port

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Clashes in Libya spread from Tripoli to the western town of Zawiya near Tunisia\'s border, where a large oil port is located, killing four people over the last two days, local town council officials said on Thursday. Foreign governments have mostly closed their embassies and evacuated staff after three weeks of clashes turned Libya\'s two main cities - Tripoli and Benghazi - into warzones in the worst fighting since the NATO-backed war against Muammar Gaddafi. Three years after Gaddafi\'s fall, Libya\'s government has been unable to tame rival brigades of former rebel fighters who have allied themselves with competing political factions in a struggle over post-war spoils.
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Libya Militia Clashes Spread Beyond Tripoli Towards Zawiya Oil Port

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Clashes in Libya spread from Tripoli to the western town of Zawiya near Tunisia\'s border, where a large oil port is located, killing four people over the last two days, local town council officials said on Thursday. Foreign governments have mostly closed their embassies and evacuated staff after three weeks of clashes turned Libya\'s two main cities - Tripoli and Benghazi - into warzones in the worst fighting since the NATO-backed war against Muammar Gaddafi. Three years after Gaddafi\'s fall, Libya\'s government has been unable to tame rival brigades of former rebel fighters who have allied themselves with competing political factions in a struggle over post-war spoils.
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Exclusive - Libya: report in Tripoli with the Fajr militia fighting the Islamic state group

published:24 Jun 2015

Exclusive - Libya: report in Tripoli with the Fajr militia fighting the Islamic state group

Exclusive - Libya: report in Tripoli with the Fajr militia fighting the Islamic state group

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Like every Friday the supporters of Tripoli\'s government meet on Martyr Square at the heart of the capital. Fajr LIbya\'s militias took over Tripoli almost a year ago. Mustafa Ourichi, Fajr LIbya supporter: \"we are here today to show our support for the revolutionaries of the 17th of February and the Fajr Libya operation. We are against terrorism, we reject it in all its forms especialy the Islamic State Group.The international community refuses to recognise the governement Fajr Libya set up in Tripoli. For them the Tobrouk government, which fled 1000km to the East of the Capital, is Libya\'s only legitimate representation but the Fajr LIbya governmetn it speaks for the people SOT Jamal Zubia, Fajr Libya spokesperson for foreign media We will never forget what France did for us and for our revolution. And we think it can do more for us, they can, peacefully support the rela power on the ground. As many migrants journey through LIbya on their way to Europe Tripoli\'s government is using them as leverage to force the international community to negotiate over their legitamacy. Many undocumented migrants who were arrested when trying to board smugglers boats are now sitting in Fajr Libya\'s prisons. Mohamed, Somalian refugee: \"I am Somalian, I escaped from Al-Shebaab. They killed our families, our women, our sisters, our brothers... That\'s why we fled and came here so we could go to Italy.\" Tripoli is overwhelmed by the migrants and is calling for help. Mohammed Shaeiter, interior minister of the Fajr Libya government: Ne...

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Like every Friday the supporters of Tripoli\'s government meet on Martyr Square at the heart of the capital. Fajr LIbya\'s militias took over Tripoli almost a year ago. Mustafa Ourichi, Fajr LIbya supporter: \"we are here today to show our support for the revolutionaries of the 17th of February and the Fajr Libya operation. We are against terrorism, we reject it in all its forms especialy the Islamic State Group.The international community refuses to recognise the governement Fajr Libya set up in Tripoli. For them the Tobrouk government, which fled 1000km to the East of the Capital, is Libya\'s only legitimate representation but the Fajr LIbya governmetn it speaks for the people SOT Jamal Zubia, Fajr Libya spokesperson for foreign media We will never forget what France did for us and for our revolution. And we think it can do more for us, they can, peacefully support the rela power on the ground. As many migrants journey through LIbya on their way to Europe Tripoli\'s government is using them as leverage to force the international community to negotiate over their legitamacy. Many undocumented migrants who were arrested when trying to board smugglers boats are now sitting in Fajr Libya\'s prisons. Mohamed, Somalian refugee: \"I am Somalian, I escaped from Al-Shebaab. They killed our families, our women, our sisters, our brothers... That\'s why we fled and came here so we could go to Italy.\" Tripoli is overwhelmed by the migrants and is calling for help. Mohammed Shaeiter, interior minister of the Fajr Libya government: Ne...

Clashes in Libya spread from Tripoli to the western town of Zawiya near Tunisia\'s border, where a large oil port is located, killing four people over the last two days, local town council officials said on Thursday. Foreign governments have mostly closed their embassies and evacuated staff after thr

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Like every Friday the supporters of Tripoli\'s government meet on Martyr Square at the heart of the capital. Fajr LIbya\'s militias took over Tripoli almost a year ago. Mustafa Ourichi, Fajr LIbya supporter: \"we are here today to show our su

More than three years after the overthrow and death of former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and two since the attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, the nation still has no effective federal government or authority. Militia groups continue to battle for control of the country—each with its ow

Clashes erupted near the city of Sirte in northern Libya on Sunday between Islamic State fighters and the Misrata brigade, according to a force loyal to the Tripoli-based faction. Wazir Khamsin reports.

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FRANCE 24 spoke to supporters of the Fajr Libya militia, which is one of two rival Libyan governments and based in the capital, Tripoli. The international community recogn

An Islamist-allied militia group in control of Libya\'s capital now guards the U.S. Embassy and its residential compound, a commander said Sunday, as onlookers toured the abandoned homes of diplomats who fled the country more than a month ago. An Associated Press journalist saw holes left by small-ar

An attack on a power plant in the Libyan city of Sirte has left at least 19 soldiers dead.
Libyan military sources said the Libya Dawn movement, based in western Libya, was responsible for the attack.
In a separate incident, an oil tank at Libya\'s largest oil export terminal in Sidra caught fire whe